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under the previous order the clerk will report s. 3576. the clerk: calendar number 570 s. 3576, a bill to provide limitations on united states assistance, and for other purposes. the presiding officer: under the previous order the clerk will read the bill for the third time. the clerk: calendar number 530 s. 3576, a bill to provide limitations on united states assistance and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the question occurs on passage of the measure. mr. paul: i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. vote: vote: the presiding officer: does any senator wish still to vote or to change their vote? if not on this vote the yeas are 10. the nays are 81. the 60-vote threshold not having been achieved, the bill is not passed. under the previous order the clerk will report senate joint resolution -- s.j. res. 41. the clerk: calendar number 418, s.j. res. 41 expressing the sense of the congress regarding the nuclear
under the previous order the clerk will report s. 3576. the clerk: calendar number 570 s. 3576, a bill to provide limitations on united states assistance, and for other purposes. the presiding officer: under the previous order the clerk will read the bill for the third time. the clerk: calendar number 530 s. 3576, a bill to provide limitations on united states assistance and for other purposes. the presiding officer: the question occurs on passage of the measure. mr. paul: i ask for the yeas...
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now had ulysses s. grant expressed such sentiments himself that in 1863 the subsequent cause of his relationship with the jewish community might have been altogether different. >> politics focused on jews as a group. but the problem for many jews was that they choked at the -- but they strongly supported his republican party's domestic policy concerning reconstruction. the democrats, after all, were eager to reverse reconstruction laws, and to disenfranchise all black voters. so jews who supported, with republican policies, face a very difficult conundrum, should they vote for a party they considered bad for the country, the democrats, just to avoid voting for a man who had been to the jews. two of america's most distinguished reformist debated how jews should vote in various newspaper columns. leibman, he rabbi of chicago's oldest synagogue, often known by kam. today is it exactly opposite barack obama's house in chicago. and rabbi leibman argued against voting on the basis of jewish interests and in f
now had ulysses s. grant expressed such sentiments himself that in 1863 the subsequent cause of his relationship with the jewish community might have been altogether different. >> politics focused on jews as a group. but the problem for many jews was that they choked at the -- but they strongly supported his republican party's domestic policy concerning reconstruction. the democrats, after all, were eager to reverse reconstruction laws, and to disenfranchise all black voters. so jews who...
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michele beale paul frederick beatini jane s. beatty lawrence ira beck manette marie beckles carl john bedigian michael earnest beekman maria a. behr yelena belilovsky nina patrice bell debbie bellows stephen elliot belson paul m. benedetti denise lenore benedetto bryan craig bennett eric l. bennett oliver duncan bennett margaret l. benson dominick j. berardi james patrick berger steven howard berger john p. bergin alvin bergsohn daniel bergstein michael j. berkeley michelle berkley. and my uncle, james gray, we'd love you and miss you. >> and my husband, i love you everyday and miss you everyday. so do the kids. the boy started college. i know you'd be proud of them. maria is in middle-school and doing great. say hello to goldie and david torres. i love you. donna m. bernaerts david w. bernard william bernstein david m. berray david s. berry william reed bethke timothy betterly paul beyer edward frank beyea bella j. bhukhan anil tahilram bharvaney peter alexander bielfeld shimmy d. biegeleisen brian bilcher william g. biggart ca
michele beale paul frederick beatini jane s. beatty lawrence ira beck manette marie beckles carl john bedigian michael earnest beekman maria a. behr yelena belilovsky nina patrice bell debbie bellows stephen elliot belson paul m. benedetti denise lenore benedetto bryan craig bennett eric l. bennett oliver duncan bennett margaret l. benson dominick j. berardi james patrick berger steven howard berger john p. bergin alvin bergsohn daniel bergstein michael j. berkeley michelle berkley. and my...
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in that began to change in the 70's and 60's. republicans downscaling. seventy's and 80's and 90's. but the point where under clinton the lines converged. in 2000, gore ran for points better. carry six, obama seven. today it's nine or ten. beckham i would argue that this class and version is going to have to get wider. what this has done is produce an environment in which for all the numbers talking about, the victory came to just to numbers. the 40. as you said to me 180% in the 08. if he matches that and they represent at least the toyota 6% they did last time he only needs 40 percent of whites. in fact, as they were saying, the internal composition is changing in a way that makes it more accessible from to get there. you know, to me you have to look not only in education but gender and basically it creates four quadrants. if you look at el eight college white man, not college white man, and on college what women. obama was at 42 or below. he will drop in all three of those quadrants this time. numbers are consistently running a little lower than they did in l.a., and on college m
in that began to change in the 70's and 60's. republicans downscaling. seventy's and 80's and 90's. but the point where under clinton the lines converged. in 2000, gore ran for points better. carry six, obama seven. today it's nine or ten. beckham i would argue that this class and version is going to have to get wider. what this has done is produce an environment in which for all the numbers talking about, the victory came to just to numbers. the 40. as you said to me 180% in the 08. if he...
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a shift from the 60's and 70's were both parties talked about a more. why is the middle-class getting the attention and people in poverty not? >> you do hear a lot of talk about the middle-class now, and that think a lot of it goes to have votes in our elections. and the middle-class votes. older people are a huge voting blocs. that is where the attention goes to, who goes to the polls. >> answered this question. the inflation adjustment for the 60's poverty rate that it was over $20,000. so inflation is lower now than it was back then. how you adjust for inflation. >> the poverty threshold that we use was developed with d'agata 60's. the updated that with changes in inflation using the benchmark cpr you. so the increases by inflation over time, so when the poverty rate was an fluctuate depending on how income compares. there are a number of people that criticize. >> next is widely. are you there? >> no wonder you did respond. in any event. i am sure this is a very difficult process putting all these numbers together. i noticed that you have the poverty
a shift from the 60's and 70's were both parties talked about a more. why is the middle-class getting the attention and people in poverty not? >> you do hear a lot of talk about the middle-class now, and that think a lot of it goes to have votes in our elections. and the middle-class votes. older people are a huge voting blocs. that is where the attention goes to, who goes to the polls. >> answered this question. the inflation adjustment for the 60's poverty rate that it was over...
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what else happened in 1960's? people dream about tomorrow. if you go one week at most talk about the home of tomorrow, to his position of tomorrow, we never got to flying cars. i am still angry about that. but we were imagining a tomorrow. who put it in april that? but scientists and technologists to and engineers. enablers of tomorrow's dreams. we had the innovation decade. what do you think the world's fair was all about? tomorrow. 1964. we're on our way to the moon. one pipeline but the this year, not just a global of the year if has three rings around it. where did they days they get that idea? the three or bit around the world? space was inspiring a nation to dream about tomorrow. inspiring innovation. steve jobs and bill gates were 14 and 13. when we landed on the moon. with those motives the return. >> i am not talking about. >> there are some great ones along with the capacity to perform lays six research at -- surgery it predates nasa but it was expensive and did not always work. the algorithms and the laser guidance enabled the spac
what else happened in 1960's? people dream about tomorrow. if you go one week at most talk about the home of tomorrow, to his position of tomorrow, we never got to flying cars. i am still angry about that. but we were imagining a tomorrow. who put it in april that? but scientists and technologists to and engineers. enablers of tomorrow's dreams. we had the innovation decade. what do you think the world's fair was all about? tomorrow. 1964. we're on our way to the moon. one pipeline but the this...
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. >> i think you're probably referring to the 5051c4's who do not have to disclose. it's important we keep the facts straight here. >> yeah, but with the citizens united presumed was that there would, in fact, be disclosure. they were wrong about that. >> no -- >> they did not understand how it operates in practice. >> they didn't make any factual presumptions one way or another, but noted that the law requires disclosure i bees corporations engages in expendtures, the only issue in front of the court. there's other entities making disclosures that are not corporations, super packs, they are packs, they need to disclose donors, and corporations are not given super packs. the c4 -- >> the value of secrecy is the question. >> yes. >> what's the value of secrecy with a million dollar contribution? >> what i understand the decision of the senate is that c4 organizations engaged in public policy don't need to disclose donors. they are the only ones that don't, and that's because the purpose is not involved in election communications. >> is that proven to be factual the ca
. >> i think you're probably referring to the 5051c4's who do not have to disclose. it's important we keep the facts straight here. >> yeah, but with the citizens united presumed was that there would, in fact, be disclosure. they were wrong about that. >> no -- >> they did not understand how it operates in practice. >> they didn't make any factual presumptions one way or another, but noted that the law requires disclosure i bees corporations engages in expendtures,...
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he's kind of like joe s. biden, quite frankly. he's pretty, pretty rough out there. but coming back he gets a little better, and he's doing it for real and very well in the fall which is when it counts. but dewey, dewey goes into -- now, he, he stops in oklahoma. the fellow was mentioning oklahoma. dewey makes about seven or eight stops or ten stops in oklahoma. his wife is from oklahoma. but oklahoma, it's oklahoma. ohio is always the game then and now. truman makes all these stops in ohio, dewey makes, like, two. and when he does, they've got a crowd of people outside waiting for him to come out on the train, say hello to them, say a few words, he won't come out. worse, he has a rally with the republican leadership of the state, robert a. taft, who had beaten him for nomination, mr. republican. they fought the leader of the republicans in the senate. he's on the stage with him, he snubs him. he won't even say hello to him. and taft is just, like, i don't know why that man hates me so. but it was his personal style which is, which was a big problem. the man was a re
he's kind of like joe s. biden, quite frankly. he's pretty, pretty rough out there. but coming back he gets a little better, and he's doing it for real and very well in the fall which is when it counts. but dewey, dewey goes into -- now, he, he stops in oklahoma. the fellow was mentioning oklahoma. dewey makes about seven or eight stops or ten stops in oklahoma. his wife is from oklahoma. but oklahoma, it's oklahoma. ohio is always the game then and now. truman makes all these stops in ohio,...
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their 401(k)s are down. a lot of fear out there right now. we need a robust economy to get people interested in strong again with regard to making sure features are assured. >> when the labor movement saved the labor you joined at the afl-cio around which you call the labor table. what did that experience value about the need for one labor federation and according to campaign for organized labor? >> we are very proud of what we did at the labor table, basically some of the things i was talking about. the war on workers at the ohio, wisconsin and michigan come with former labour tables for all of us pooled our money to basically put good people on the ground in every state to fight these battles. in other words was it just the teamsters. we pooled our resources into one idea we only intend to go back a mobile will continue to do that because we realize with regard to politics come with regard to the attack on working families, we have to be together for me to pool our money and the labor table has been a big success for a summer very proud of
their 401(k)s are down. a lot of fear out there right now. we need a robust economy to get people interested in strong again with regard to making sure features are assured. >> when the labor movement saved the labor you joined at the afl-cio around which you call the labor table. what did that experience value about the need for one labor federation and according to campaign for organized labor? >> we are very proud of what we did at the labor table, basically some of the things i...
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>> s-u-c-k but we can impact the lives of 3 million students that we talk about today. but i do disagree it is money. that is not the issue. if you think it is the issue you're not listening. democracy perhaps been some less -- less money than turner's schools in york in once we opened we don't need a single baller of philanthropies to run our school. because my a ball is has not been on plan to pay. i can focus on running great schools. we don't have enough great leaders the grade level leaders of the pipeline of the caliber we need. that is the biggest barrier. let me give you one quick example. america spends $10,000 per pupil on average. that is a lot of money. of class a rose 25 kids spend one 1/4 million per year. where is it going? higher teacher and pay $75,000 and then another classroom and then to the dow thousand dollars then say we needed ministry did support like that but i get $13,500 off the cuff. where is the money going? higher-quality talent, more time, higher expectations expectations, julius coulter 97 percent attendance because kids want to be in sc
>> s-u-c-k but we can impact the lives of 3 million students that we talk about today. but i do disagree it is money. that is not the issue. if you think it is the issue you're not listening. democracy perhaps been some less -- less money than turner's schools in york in once we opened we don't need a single baller of philanthropies to run our school. because my a ball is has not been on plan to pay. i can focus on running great schools. we don't have enough great leaders the grade level...
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differences between the exiled syrian opposition a set of s-sierra, those fighting and dying on the ground in syria and those who are little more religious commission may come a arab opposition and those that are more secular opposition. and then you have those calling for the overthrow of the regime and those that are still blind to negotiate with the regime. there's been an attempt by outside powers, all these different groups of rebel forces to try to find a coherent center that can bring everything together in a coordinated way against the regime that would also draw outside support more readily as well as those fence sitters in the syrian population who don't necessarily support bashar al-assad regime, they don't see any viable alternative yet. once there is an alternative, some may go to his deposition. >> host: so what do you make of that headline? is that a good movement then? >> guest: for the opposition again, there's been many attempts. most of them have failed. the problems of the insurgency as it is inherently decentralized and therefore fragmented. in order to succeed it has
differences between the exiled syrian opposition a set of s-sierra, those fighting and dying on the ground in syria and those who are little more religious commission may come a arab opposition and those that are more secular opposition. and then you have those calling for the overthrow of the regime and those that are still blind to negotiate with the regime. there's been an attempt by outside powers, all these different groups of rebel forces to try to find a coherent center that can bring...
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[applause] 's been in the name of god, the compassionate the merciful, may peace and blessings be upon the greatness of -- he has chosen a companion and divine messengers. of the god hasten the emergence of your children. grant him good health and victory and make us his best companions and all those who attain to his reckless. mr. president excellencies and ladies and gentlemen i think the almighty god for having given me the chance to participate in speaking. we have gathered here to ponder and work together for building a better life for the entire human community and for our nation's. comments from iran. the glory and beauty, the land of knowledge, wisdom and morality. the cradle of philosophy and mysticism, the land of compassion and life, the land of scientists, philosophers, and writers. [inaudible] i represent a great and proud nation that is a founder of human civilization and an inheritor of respected universal values. i represent a conscious nation which is dedicated to the cause of freedom, peace and compassion, a nation that has experienced the agony and bitter times at th
[applause] 's been in the name of god, the compassionate the merciful, may peace and blessings be upon the greatness of -- he has chosen a companion and divine messengers. of the god hasten the emergence of your children. grant him good health and victory and make us his best companions and all those who attain to his reckless. mr. president excellencies and ladies and gentlemen i think the almighty god for having given me the chance to participate in speaking. we have gathered here to ponder...
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's don't have to. the difference is is what they put their life on the line for was to ensure that the freedom and liberty and vibrancy of this country goes forward. and we're taking a little pocketknife to one of the legs of the three-legged stool with our actions and slowly nibbling the support of that leg. we're taking it away by our very action. mr. nelson: madam president, i'd like to respond to my friend. mr. coburn: if i could finish? we're going to say that the financial condition of the country doesn't matter. we're going to say that it doesn't matter if the $1 billion we're spending a year are already on veterans job training programs. it doesn't matter. we're going to say here's a year's program of jobs for 20,000 veterans and it's going to trump everything else. you know, you wouldn't have any objection from this senator if you actually really paid for this, one; if you didn't violate paygo, and you really did it in a way that oversighted the president's job training programs that we had, a
's don't have to. the difference is is what they put their life on the line for was to ensure that the freedom and liberty and vibrancy of this country goes forward. and we're taking a little pocketknife to one of the legs of the three-legged stool with our actions and slowly nibbling the support of that leg. we're taking it away by our very action. mr. nelson: madam president, i'd like to respond to my friend. mr. coburn: if i could finish? we're going to say that the financial condition of...
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raising taxes and the fact i'm not going to raise them, though small and medium-sized addresses, said s. corporations and others to pastor ordinary in cannes and are considered the so-called wealthy, i'm going to fight for every taxpayer. once again, your criticism is i'm not going to raise taxes and that's accurate. >> i would give you a brief moment. >> at what to be clear about senator brown has just said. he will disband the top 2% in top 3% so that they don't have to go back to the tax rates of the clinton years and he will hold the other 90% of families hostage. if there is not tax breaks for those at the top companies is no tax breaks for anyone. that would cost american families $2.1 trillion. we can't do that to hard-working middle-class, working class families. we can't do that for small businesses. >> i want to move on if i may. >> area briefly. >> professor warren's tax policies and reproach of the greatest threat to free enterprise. the nfib said tax policies to cut 700,000 jobs, 17,000 in massachusetts. independent groups within a support of of a file. i'm going to protect
raising taxes and the fact i'm not going to raise them, though small and medium-sized addresses, said s. corporations and others to pastor ordinary in cannes and are considered the so-called wealthy, i'm going to fight for every taxpayer. once again, your criticism is i'm not going to raise taxes and that's accurate. >> i would give you a brief moment. >> at what to be clear about senator brown has just said. he will disband the top 2% in top 3% so that they don't have to go back to...
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in the world, and the ability of new technology, still would think off of discoveries from the 1950's. that was the biggest thing i a counter. people don't spend time looking like merck -- minerals whether mobile phones, the amount of minerals, copper, with an day-to-day culprits is the enormous. it becomes more difficult to access those resources, even to go over more difficult terrain and through politically volunteered -- baller tile areas of the world. you can see from the diagram is where we last saw a mess of discoveries. that has plummeted is significantly. you do hear people say we have a massive discovery. one is the oilfield off of brazil. those will finance are not new. the one in brazil is my favorite because they found 100 billion barrels of oil and the price of foil when down but that will supply is under 2 miles of salt even today we cannot access it. it would cost over $500 billion. you can imagine how difficult it is. every year in numerous people die to access these resources. i find it shocking oil is only $100 per barrel. those that died show it is a very expensive
in the world, and the ability of new technology, still would think off of discoveries from the 1950's. that was the biggest thing i a counter. people don't spend time looking like merck -- minerals whether mobile phones, the amount of minerals, copper, with an day-to-day culprits is the enormous. it becomes more difficult to access those resources, even to go over more difficult terrain and through politically volunteered -- baller tile areas of the world. you can see from the diagram is where...
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deficit situation and one of the frustrations i have had is trying to explain the difference between s cyclical deficit and a structural deficit. and to instill a sense of urgency this matter requires. the you have any suggestions how we can explain to the american people we cannot raise taxes enough for cut enough if we only do what are the other? man o' war what about the lack of a sense of urgency which i consider the dire consequences we're in at the moment. >> who would like to take a crack at that? >> erskine is the numbers guy. i do the color. [laughter] poll of becerra. but still you wear your country is. if you spend $1 per second 1 million bereday it would be added trillion the big bang theory have been 13,600,000,000 years ago that is not close at $1 trillion in the week of 16 billion of those we borrow $0.40 of every dollar they will barrault 300 million so doing in the massive stupidity and see how far we get. >> is sounds like you are the numbers man. >> that is his baby he is good at it. >> the real problem is we cannot simply grow our way out of the problem. you could h
deficit situation and one of the frustrations i have had is trying to explain the difference between s cyclical deficit and a structural deficit. and to instill a sense of urgency this matter requires. the you have any suggestions how we can explain to the american people we cannot raise taxes enough for cut enough if we only do what are the other? man o' war what about the lack of a sense of urgency which i consider the dire consequences we're in at the moment. >> who would like to take...